Swedish STA Event October 2014

[Maggi Young]

News of an event from our friends in Sweden- the STA :

http://www.sta-uppland.se/lok-och-knolhelg-2014/
Not just bulbs and tubers .......
Welcome to a busy weekend in Uppsala on 11-12 October with exciting presentations from international and national celebrities, and for us the exclusive sale of unusual plants

Lunden – inte bara lök och knöl

Välkommen till en fullspäckad helg i Uppsala den 11–12 oktober med spännande föredrag av såväl internationella som nationella kändisar och för oss exklusiv försäljning av ovanliga växter passande för skogslundens vandrande skugga.

Vi bjuder på följande godbitar:
Lördag 11 oktober

Eric Wahlsteen, Borealis: Lunden och lundens mångfald
Ian Young, Skottland: Vanliga och ovanliga lundväxter (på engelska)
Jonny Andresen, Värmland: Spännande möjligheter i mellansvensk lund

Ett samkväm med god mat, föredrag och stor trivsel hålls, efter lök- och knölmarknaden, på lördag kväll.
Söndag 12 oktober

Janis Ruksans, Rare Bulbs, Lettland: Lökar för lunden (på engelska)
Eric Wahlsteen, Borealis: Färg och form med lökar och knölar i lunden

Helgen avslutas efter lunch med:
Hannu Sarenström: Lundens skugga

Where: Stenhagens bildnings- och kulturcentrum, Uppsala

Begins  12.00 den 11 oktober
Ends: klockan 14.00 den 12 oktober


You will recognise several of the names of the Sepakers from this forum ,I think! #

Also:
Eric Wahlsteen is the author of "Plants from the end of the world - exothermic for garden and park"



and Hannu Sarenström is another author- including a book about shade plants.

[Susann]

Scottish philsophy in Sweden. From left to right; Ian Young, Mr Crocus Janis Ruksans and one of Sweden´s most important plant hunters; Eric Wahlsteen.

I was very happy to have Ian visiting Sweden again, and I am quite sure that many persons in the audience lifted a surprised eyebrow hearing his natural and healthy philosophy regarding plants. I think that it is good that people once in a while get reminded about the fact that plants has existed for millions of years without us "helping" them. Here in Sweden we tend to make everything very complicated ( many people even seem to enjoy to express how hard it is to have a garden and raise plants- the more complicated the better).

Janis was as usual high on his Crocuses and Eric gave interesting talks based on deep research and personal experience. Jonny Andresen told us about all his Magnolias that he grows in an area that the expertise has declared being totally impossible for Magnolias.

[Maggi Young]

And Ian was very pleased to be back in Sweden , Susann and had a great time with so many friends. He was looked after very well by his kind hosts  - I just hope he does not expect to be so spoiled here!

....and thank you for the rainbow candy, Susann! 

[Susann]

Maggi, I am happy to hear and I think it was fair and right that they spoiled Ian;. remembering how super-spoiled Olga and I became in our stay in Scotland. We did not lift a finger in the whole time except at the only night at a hotel where we had to bare-root our plants all by ourselves although there were both portiers and bellboys. (I am not sure the hotel deserved all it´s stars?)

[johnw]

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From the pic it would appear Janis doesn't believe the size of Ian's Crocus corms as he so ebulliently describes them............

[Ian Y]

It was a very good weekend and I enjoyed it very much.

The talks were all good  but as Janis spoke in English I understood him best.
I did not understand so much of what Jonny said but I could follow by the pictures and from the laughter of the audience he entertained  as well as educated them.

I also discovered another of Jonny's talents being a waiter as he cleared up for us at dinner

[Jonny_SE]

Oh my......I told my wife that Mr. Young is a sharp and educated man that even is a wizard when it comes to Photoshop....i almost made her believe  that...now I'm tired after 1 week of Moose hunting and serving the guest here...( yes i had to be a waiter aswell)...my good days are gone..... ..It was a real pleasure to meet you all :-) Bummer that i could not stay for Sunday but there be other years to come....Cheers Jonny 

[Maritfri]

I completely agree

It was a great weekend in Uppsala! Exciting lectures, nice people and a beautiful city. You can read and see pictures from the weekend on my blog. (For google translate right corner) Most of the city and region.

http://rantenhagen.blogspot.no/2014/10/lok-ogknolhelg-i-uppsala-en-anbefaling.html

http://rantenhagen.blogspot.no/2014/10/en-magiskmorgen-i-takeland.html

It's always nice to meet like minded people and I traveled all the way from Bergen in Norway to participate in Uppsala in Sveden.



Nice to meet you again Ian. And Maggi! We missed you!



And Ian, I can testify that Jonny really was a good housekeeper who cleaned up after dinner. Sorry Jonny 

Maybe it will be a trip to Scottland next fall ?!

[Maggi Young]

Hey, Marit! You look very well - glad you enjoyed the weekend.  Great that you could make the trip.
I was thinking about  you all, having fun!